Syrian Government

Latest Stories

Free Syrian Army fighters train April 1, 2012, in a neighborhood of Damascus, Syria. (Associated Press)

Syria agrees to April 10 troop pullout from cities

Associated Press

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

Russia urges Syria’s Assad to start troop pullout

By Avet Demourian - Associated Press

Dozens killed in Syria as regime slams Homs with shells

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

Ahmad al-Qattan (center), Saudi Arabia's permanent representative to the League of Arab States, attends the annual Arab League summit in Baghdad on March, 29, 2012. (Associated Press)

Clinton, Saudi Arabia explore Syria crisis

By Abdullah Al-Shihri - Associated Press

Briefly: Syria OKs peace plan but bloodshed persists

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

** FILE ** U.N. peace envoy Kofi Annan speaks to the media after a meeting with Syrian National Council members in Ankara, Turkey, on Tuesday, March 13, 2012. (AP Photo)

Diplomats: U.N. to back Annan’s Syria peace plan

By Edith M. Lederer and Peter James Spielmann - Associated Press

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

Russia offers to back Annan’s Syria plan at U.N.

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Rescue teams investigate the scene of an explosion in Aleppo, Syria, on Sunday, March 18, 2012. (AP Photo/SANA)

Bombing hits near Syrian security building in Aleppo

By Bassem Mroue and Ben Hubbard - Associated Press

In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian security forces gather in front of a damaged building near the aviation intelligence department, which was attacked by one of two explosions, in Damascus, Syria, on Saturday, March 17, 2012. (AP Photo/SANA)

Twin suicide blasts kill dozens in Syrian capital

By Albert Aji and Zeina Karam - Associated Press

**FILE** Syrian National Council leader Burhan Ghalioun attends a news conference in Paris on March 1, 2012. (Associated Press)

Syria opposition chief rejects talks

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

Anti-regime protesters chants slogans against Syrian President Bashar Assad during a demonstration on March 9, 2012, after Friday prayer in Beirut. (Associated Press)

U.N. to survey health needs in 4 Syrian cities

By John Heilprin - Associated Press

Children hold anti government posters during a protest in a town in north Syria, Friday, March 2, 2012. Syria has faced mounting international criticism over its bloody crackdown on the uprising, which started with peaceful protests but has become increasingly militarized. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Red Cross blocked by Syria from ex-rebel enclave

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

Houses are seen Feb. 20, 2012, destroyed by Syrian government forces shelling, at Baba Amr neighborhood in Homs, Syria. An opposition group said several people have been killed in heavy shelling of a district in central Syria, a day after the army sent reinforcements ahead of a possible ground assault. (Associated Press/Local Coordination Committees in Syria)

Syrian opposition says 16 die in intense shelling

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

Syrian rebels are seen after government tanks entered the northwestern city of Idlib, Syria, on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. (AP Photo)

Fresh violence in Syria as U.N. warns of civil war

By Elizabeth A. Kennedy - Associated Press

A Syrian rebel peers through a window in Idlib, Syria, on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012. (AP Photo)

Suffering deepens in bombarded Syrian city of Homs

By Elizabeth A. Kennedy - Associated Press

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

Russia to keep blocking U.N. sanctions on Syria

By Vladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press

Arab League suspends Syria, considers economic sanctions

By Paul Schemm - Associated Press

Crowds attack embassies as Syrians react to Arab vote

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

Pro-Syrian regime protesters shout slogans and hold portraits of Syrian President Bashar Assad during a demonstration in Damascus, Syria, on Nov. 13, 2011, against the Arab League decision to suspend Syria. (Associated Press)

With Arab vote, isolation, pressure piles on Syria

By Zeina Karam - Associated Press

Protesters wave a large Syrian flag during a demonstration against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad in front of the Arab League headquarters in Cairo on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Syrian tanks fire on Homs in defiance of Arab-brokered deal

By Elizabeth A. Kennedy - Associated Press